Have one centred equation number in the flalign enviroment

Question

I want to use the flalign so I can have left aligned text in-between equations. For example

\begin{flalign}
    && f &= ma&\\
    \text{Which we may express as} \\
    && f &= m \frac{dv}{dt}
\end{flalign}

However this gives an equation number for every line, including the \text{...}.

How can I have one equation number that appears centered for the rendered result, as with any other equation number.

Answer 1

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath} 

\begin{document}
\begin{flalign}
    && f &= ma&             \notag  \\
\text{Which we may express as}      \\
    && f &= m \frac{dv}{dt} \notag
\end{flalign}

\bigskip\noindent%
You may consider the following solution:
\begin{subequations}\label{eq:sys}
    \begin{align}
f &= ma                             \\
\intertext{Which we may express as}
f &= m \frac{dv}{dt}         
\end{align}
\end{subequations}
\end{document}